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UNITED STATES JARED MARIS, OF COLUMBUS, OQHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,698, dated January 11, 1887.

` Appliontio; filed December 22, 1885. Serial No. 186,448. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, JARED Manis, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Hubs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle-hubs.

In Letters Patent granted me on the 16th of September, 1884, No. 305,398, a metal cap was shown and described, adapted for use in connection with a central band having internal annular fianges connecting the ends of the in- `ternal short fianges at the sides of the spokesockets. In order to set the central band there described in its position, the wood part of the hub was reduced at the rear end, since the internal annnlar fianges had the effect of reducing to a greater or less degree the diameter of the hollow space within the hub, and the caps Were adapted to snugly fit the reduced ends of the hubs and fill the space between the central band and the wood from the inner end of the central band to the internal annular fiange.

To give the inner end of the hub a shapely pearance,the thickness of thecap Was reduced at its inner end.

The construction of the central bandl and inner cap in two parts, instead of one, is an important feature in the manufacture of shellbands, as it materially reduces the cost of the casting. It is also found that the internal annular fianges within the central band may be dispensed with, and it is not, therefore, necessary that therear en'd of the hub should be reduced to the depth of the internal spokefianges.

The object of my present invention is to provide a metallic cap for the inner end of a hub, which shall be adapted to use in connectionwith central bands of various constructions, and which shall present a shapely appearance and can be produced at a reduced cost.

A further object is to provide a central band which shall extend ontwardly and contract snugly around the outer point-band, whereby the central band with its spoke-fianges may be driven on from the outer end of the hub, requiring no grooves at the inner end, and effectually covering the grooves at the outer end, looking the point-band inposition and effectually excluding water from the wood.

, lVith these ends in View my invention con- .sists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents the cap anda central band in position on the hub,'and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same.

A represents the wood portion of the hub.

It gradually tapers from its central portion of greater diameter to its inner and outer ends vnerendof the hand' B extends to or slightly beyond the point where the inner' end of the hub begins to contract, and the outer end tapers to conform to the outer end of the hub, as I shown at bi, to a point overlapping the cylindrical-shaped point-band D.

As the central band is intended -to be dri ven on from the outer end of the hubv over the point-band D, it follows that the diameter of the point-band from outside to outside must not exceed the diameter of the central band between theinner edges of two opposite fianges b', and to insure a perfect looking of the point-band in position it might be advisable to provide its inner end with an external flange or lugs, d, for example, and' to provide the outer end of the band B with'aninternal fiange,

d', adapted to engage the flange or lugs' d when driven home; or the inner end of the pointband might be made somewhat thicker than the outer end, or formed slightly tapering, in-

stead of cylindrical, and the central band be' ICO by internal annular fianges, since the inner end of the hub needslno cutting away when the said band is driven on from the outer end, and they would work equally well in cases where the central band had no flanges b'. The construction also admits of dispensing with the inner cap, if desired, as there would be.

no necessity of mutilating the wood at that Iend.

The cap C, for the rear end of the hub, is constructed of substantially the same thickness throughout, and tapers from its larger end, c, -to its smaller end, c', in, conformity with the shape of the wooden hub. The larger end, c, is adapted to fit snugly within the end of the central band, B, and its smaller end,,c', may be extended to any desired length in cylindrical shape, forming a sand-band.

The caps may be made of several lengths, to suit different lengths of hubs or more or less extended sand-bands. The cost of manufacture is thus reduced to a minimum, while the use is made more general.

It is evident that other slightchanges might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts Without .departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

30 Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a hub-body, of a band provided Vwith spoke openings and 3 5 adapted to embrace the central portion of the hubbody and a tapered cap secured upon one end of the hub-body, one end of the tapered cap extending bene'ath the adjacent end of the central band, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a hub and a central band having spoke-sockets therein, of a metallic cap embracing one end of the hub, the larger end of said cap fitting within the inner end of the central band and its smaller end projcting beyond the hub, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a central band provided with inwardly-extending flanges at the sides of the spoke-sockets, of a tapered metallic'cap adapted to embrace the inner end of the hub, extend within the end of the central band, and form a snug joint therewith, 4substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a band adapted to embrace the outer end of a hub, of a central band having its outer end lcontracted and adapted to snugly embrace the end band, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the outer end .band and the inner end cap, of the central band adapted to be driven on from the outer end and overlap the ends of the said outer end band and inner end cap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. JARED MARIS.

VVitnesses: J oHN M. PUGH, EZEKIEL METTLEs. 

